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The latest volume of the Yearbook of Private International Law is out. Edited by Andrea Bonomi and Ilaria Pretelli, it is the first volume of the Yearbook published by Brill. The volume consists of six sections: the usual “Doctrine” section; a section on choice of court agreements; a section on court decisions; a section exploring […]

Maria Victoria Cuartero Rubio (University of Castilla-La Mancha) and Jose Manuel Velasco Retamosa (University of Castilla-La Mancha) edited El Derecho de Familia a la luz del derecho fundamental europeo al respeto a la vida familiar (Family Law in Light of the European Fundamental Right to Respect for Family Life) with Aranzadi. The book, part of […]

The general course of international law that Professor Campbell McLachlan (University of Cambridge) gave at the Hague Academy of International Law On the Interface Between Public and Private International Law was published in volume 446 of the Collected Courses of the Academy. Our understanding of the operation of law beyond the State has been deeply shaped by two […]

This post was contributed by Burkhard Hess, who is professor at the University of Vienna. On 2 December 2025, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice gave its long-awaited judgment in case C-34/34, Apple Store Nederland. The Court went for a fundamental expansion of Article 7(2) of the Brussels I bis Regulation (in the […]

Care Proceedings with an International Element, by Maria Sofia Wright, a practicing English solicitor, has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing. The blurb reads: Presenting the findings of a study of 100 care cases, this book provides rigorous analysis of how jurisdictional issues are determined and how information sharing of child protection operates across borders. It […]

Georgia Antonopoulou (University of Birmingham) and Ekaterina Pannebakker (Leiden University) have issued a call for papers in view of a roundtable that will take place at the University of Birmingham, on 14 May 2026, under the title Bridging Jurisdictions: Rethinking Commercial Conflicts of Laws 10 Years After Brexit. The roundtable will focus on highlighting cooperation opportunities in commercial conflicts […]

Before the Christmas break (from 22 December 2025 to 11 January 2026), the Court of Justice will publish several decisions and opinions related to private international law. As of 30 November 2025, the scheduled calendar includes the decision of 2 December in case C-34/24, Right to Consumer Justice et Stichting App Stores Claims. The main […]

This post was written by Birgit van Houtert and Marco Pasqua, co-Chairs of the EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions, as report of the Working Group’s second meeting. This post follows up on the report (Part I). The second meeting of the Working Group provided an overview of a selection of national transposition acts […]

This post was written by Birgit van Houtert and Marco Pasqua, co-Chairs of the EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions. It is the first part of a report on the Working Group’s second meeting. The second part forms the object of a separate post that will be published tomorrow. On 18 November 2025, the EAPIL Working […]

Since 2023, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has served as a supranational patent litigation forum for 18 EU member states. On 3 October 2025 the UPC Court of Appeal delivered its first final judgment, in a dispute between Philips and Belkin concerning alleged infringement of a patent relating to wireless charging technology. Although the UPC […]

This year’s General Assembly of the European Association of Private International Law will take place (digitally) this Friday, 28 November 2025, at 5 pm CET. The agenda and the login details for the meeting have been sent to all members by email on 1 October 2025. Those who have not received these documents, or need […]

Denmark does not apply the Brussels II ter Regulation in jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility. Jurisdiction in international parental-rights cases is assessed against domestic rules, unless the Hague Convention of 19 October 1996 on protection of children, to which Denmark is a party, provides […]

The Institute of Justice in Warsaw will host on 9 December 2025 a one-day conference titled: EU Succession Regulation – A Decade in Application. The first decade of the Regulation’s application, highlighting its impact and future challenges, will be comprehensively assessed. The event will bring together representative of legal professions and scholars from various parts […]

The third issue of 2025 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP) is out. It features five contributions. Cristina Campiglio, Cittadinanza iure sanguinis e nazionalità: riflessioni internazionalprivatistiche [Citizenship by Birthright and Nationality: Private International Law Reflections] The recent amendment to the citizenship law, which restricts transmission by descent to two generations, offers […]

The Working Group established under the auspices of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) to deal with the Jurisdiction Project has developed draft provisions for a possible convention (Draft Text) to address parallel proceedings and related actions taking place in multiple States, acknowledging the primary role of both jurisdictional rules and the doctrine […]

The procedure for obtaining a European Account Preservation Order (EAPO) pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 is the most recent of the uniform European procedures adopted by the EU. Its introduction followed the establishment of the European Small Claims Procedure under Regulation (EU) No 861/2007 and the procedure for a European Order for Payment in […]

The Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law will host a hybrid conference on the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements on 11 December 2025 in The Hague. The conference is organised on the occasion of the publication of a new commentary of the Convention and the tenth anniversary of […]

The T.M.C. Asser Instituut in The Hague, an independent and internationally renowned research centre in international and European law, affiliated with the University of Amsterdam, is looking to add a Private International Law Researcher to its team. The Institute, . The Researcher joining the Institute will have a duty to contribute to the Institute’s mission of […]

The Judges’ Newsletter is an open-access biannual publication of of the Hague Conference on Private International Law devoted to judicial co-operation in the international protection of children. The latest issue tbrings together the contributions presented at the conference entitled 15 Years of the HCCH Washington Declaration – Progress and Perspectives on International Family Relocation, which took […]

The fourth issue of the Journal du droit international for 2025 has been released. It contains two articles and several case notes relating to private international law issues, including the 2024 case-law review dedicated to EU private international law prepared by Louis d’Avout, Jean-Sébastien Quéguiner, Stefan Huber, Patrick Kinsch, Lukas Rass-Masson, Sixto Sánchez-Lorenzo and Michael Wilderspin. […]